Sharon Friesen addresses a number of misconceptions about 21st century teaching, and discusses the instructional practices and expertise required of a teacher in today’s classrooms.
How, what and when do we assess? Ewan McIntosh talks about developments in formative and individualized assessment in Scotland, and encourages the use of blogs as online learning logs.
Ewan McIntosh describes how in a “flexible curriculum” games can be used as a basis for creative writing and speaking, across curriculum areas, and for cross-curricular studies.
Ewan McIntosh discusses the new skills and attitudes associated with internet safety, as separate from digital literacy, emphasizing the need to work from established teaching and learning practices, ...
Sharon Friesen introduces the Galileo Educational Network, and describes the fostering of a worldwide community, moving schools and schooling into a knowledge society.
Sharon Friesen talks about inquiry being a disposition cultivated during teaching and learning, rather than a process that “gets done” by students. She talks about successful inquiry leading to de...
Sharon Friesen talks about changes needed in education, focusing on the work students are asked to do. She suggests we need to prepare a thinking generation who ask questions of the world, requiring t...
Lorraine Taylor, Principal of a 3 teacher rural school, describes how the local community was involved in determining the school curriculum - what the enduring understandings would be for their childr...
Jennifer Garvey Berger, Senior Researcher at NZCER, discusses new roles required for school leaders. Jennifer talks about the need to create the conditions for teachers to learn, and to reach out to ...